ft :
3 '
Tli OncaOIT CTATECJIAIT. Calem. Oregon, Tuesday I lorcivy. rsbrucrr C KU
r.m'm 9
Court Revietvo
Community
Property Lmv ;
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 7.-()p)-The
supreme court, irt a case di
rectly affecting the application of
federal tax laws In ten states with
community property statutes, con
cluded arguments today on an
appeal from a Louisiana state su
preme court decision holding; un
constitutional a section of the 1942
federal estate tax act.
Community property laws are
In effect in California, Louisiana,
Texas,' Arizona, New Mexico,' Ida
ho, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon
and Washington.
Max Radin of Berkeley, Calif.,
acting as .attorney for the com
munity property states, told the
court that community property
law is a sound and equitable ec
onomic and social structure under
which property acquired by a hus
band and wife is declared to be
common property.
The argument before, the court
Is on a decision by the supreme
court , of Louisiana holding the
1942, tax provision unconstitution
al insofar as it relates to the as
sessment of a state inheritance tax
on the estate of Sam Weiner, jr.,
who died at Shreveport, La, Dec
io, 1942.--; j i"; rii;,
Louisiana law fixes the inher
itance tax at 80 per cent of the
federal estate tax. r
Leonard LJ Lockard, Shreveport
attorney," appeared, representing
the Louisiana- tax collector. 1 .. As
sistant United' States A 1 1 o r n e y
General Samue1 Cv Clark," jr.,
urged a reversal of the Louisiana
court decision. He said ; commun
ity property Slaws worked to the
advantage of taxpayers in states
having such laws, ii
Referring to the fact that " two
states Oklahoma and Oregon-
in comparatively recent times
have adopted community property
laws, Clark told the court that
they had adopted such a law
"doubtless having their eye on the
(federal) internal revenue code."
Wallace Silent
v ..r'-; ' ' - - ' --t'
Over Own
By WALTER WARREN
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 -(A3)
Vice President Henry Wallace said
today he. was confident President
Roosevelt would run. for a fourth
term, but would not say he,; him
self, would be a candidate for a
second, term ; as vice president.
Tne busy president of the sen
ate took, in a great part of the
world in various talks on both
aides of the San Francisco bay.
He told 1200 commonwealth
, dub members in a luncheon talk
the : west coast:: and the nation
should "raise your sights' to pos
sibilities of a great postwar era
He forecast great changes for Chl-
Earlier he complimented lead
ers of the Latin - American colo
ny on wartime cooperation within
this hemisphere, despite "conniv
, Ing: of the enemy, expressed con
fidence in the people of Argen
tina, and assured South American
consuls he realized this country
: must be willing to take goods from
those countries in payment: for
United States investments. -,
His .reference to a fourth term
for the president. came in a press
interview. ' He . said he . was confi
; dent the president would run
again, but didn't ; know, whether
- the president had definitely made
up his own mind. .
Candidacy
War Training
Of ficial Quits
".'---'-v'.'?''-r. '"1 :;U ' ";.-vj. r;-.
. i: PORTLAND Feb. 7 WV An
official, of Portland's war produc
; tion training program resigned to
r day with a bitter attack on the
school board and a demand that U
. be ; investigated. -;!..f1--"
, . ; Declaring he found it impossible
.to. .work - "in the . demoralized at
mosphere", Hallard M. Bailey, co
. ordinator of the instructional ma
terials laboratory of the war pro--
duction . train program, criticized
the dismissal of Robert M..Hamfll
1 ss head of the program. X-i ; i
Ha mill was discharged after sev-
ral members of the school board
-had attacked the training program
: sa too expensive. , . . k
Bailey charged S- Eugene Allen,
school board member and editor
of the Labor Press, with acceding
' to printers demands that instruc
tional material . f or Oregon . and
nearby states not be printed by
the war production training pro-;
" train as had been planned by itate
and federal offices of vocational
. education.
Bond Incre
Drops Daily;
WASHINGTON- Feb. 7-,)-In-dividual
bond buying in the fourth
war loan passed the half-way
point today - but ;, the day-to-day
Increase for the drive as a whole
was the smallest in five days. v
The treasury placed total sales
through Saturday at $11,149,000,
tSOnearly td per cent of the
$14,CC0,CC0,CC3 goal. Of that
amount, $2,774,000,000 - represent
ed individual purchases, or Just
over the S2,7I0,CS3,c;3 53 per cent
mark. - - v7 ": - '"
.The wsr loan enfj; a week
from tomorrow. ; -
Where They AreWhat
PORTLAND. Feb. 7-(P-Week-end
enlistments at the naval re
cruiting station here included
Glenn O. Sims, Albany; Eldon V.
Beckner, Salem; Robert D. Lay
ton, Sherwood; -Lyle C McBeth,
Yamhill. ......
STLVERTON - Pfe. Allen Lad
viksen, army air corps mechanic
at Lockbourne : air base, has re
turned to Columbus, Ohio, after
spending a furlough with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ludvik
sen at Silverton. This is Pvt. Lud
viksen'a first furlough since he
was inducted a year ago:.
Harlow Lndviksen, petty of fleer,
gunners mate third class, Is still
at Roosevelt, base, San -: Pedro,
awaiting his assignment to anoth
er ship. :-:.X:,
CpL George A. Williams, sta
tioned at Camp Butner, NCL, has
been r transferred - to Nashville,
Term. CpL Williams is with a med
ical 'detachment and is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams of the
Evergreen community. ,
Miss Lena Moen has learned
that, her brother; Jens Moen, is
now in England. He is with an ar
my j mechanized group and was
formerly stationed at Camp Bowie,
Texas.; y': ' j'V', -
Marlyn rVaarvick of the army
air corps has completed his basic
training ' in Oklahoma and j has
been transferred to Coffeyville,
KarL, his mother, Mrs. Martin
Waarvik has learned. Her other
son,tLt. Laurel Hanson, has been
transferred to Tinker Field, Okla.
Eagene , Tschants 1 was recently
promoted to petty officer first class
at the navy commando base at
San Bruno, Calif. ' He is the son
of Mr. and Mrt. John Tschantz
and 1 the brother of Miss Lucille
Tschantz, who is employed as sec
retary to A. B. Anderson, super
intendent of schools. ; ;
Eassell Lichty, who was recent
ly honorably discharged from the
US marines because of illness is
now: employed in a Portland ship
yard. Lichty, son of Mrs. Henry
Lichty and; the late Mr. - Lichty,
saw heavy action in the southwest
Pacific. He contracted pneumonia
and; later malaria and had to be
shipped home for hospitalization.
Another son of Mrs. Lichty, Don
aid Lichty, it is recalled, was re
ported missing after the fall of
Corregidor and has never been L
heard from since.
LL and Mrs. Merrell Crary and
young son, Morrell Joseph, are in
Salem for a few days. Lt. Crary
is in the air service command, of
the , army air corps and is sta
tioned at Camp McClellan, Sac
ramentow CaVf Mrs. Crary ia, the
former Gertrude Zielinski- The
visitors are guests of their par
ents,. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zielm
ski I and Mr. and Mrs. Burton
Crary.
Pvt. Wheeler R. English has
just completed 17 weeks of train
ing in finance at the finance re
placement training center, Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind. He Is
now t home on furlough and
will return to his former base
for ' assignment.
Mr. and Mrs. Claade M. Johns,
formerly of .Salem, now residents
of Eugene, have just received
word from t h e I r younger son,
son; Claude M. Johns, jr., of his
promotion to the rank of major.
Major Johns attended the Uni
versity of Oregon and later was
graduated from Willamette uni
versity school of law. Prior to en
tering the armed forces as a re
serve lieutenant early in 1942, he
was bailiff of the supreme court.
He wmM sent overseas in October,
1942 with : . the military , police,
transferred to the air force, and
later assigned to headquarters
staff ninth air service command
of the middle east. From Egypt
he was transferred to England. ;
MaJ. Johns' wife, the former
Ruth Ford, is a lieutenant in the
WAC and recently was home on
furlough from Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. v'v--.::' " - ;:-7:'- :
CpL Courtney R. Johns, also a
law school Willamette . university
graduate, 'and practising attorney
of Portland, and older brother of
Maj. Johns,' is - now stationed in
the south Pacific, The young men
are; grandsons of the late Hon.
Charles A.' Johns,' formerly asso
ciate justice of the supreme court
of Oregon' and of the Philippines.
Roger W. Kellegg, sen ef Mrs.
Allis Kellogg and Frank R. Kel
logg, was graduated February 2
at San Marco field, Texas and will
spend his leave with his wife in
Salem. Kellogg, commissioned a
second lieutenant.? is navigator
and aerial combat observer.
w SrU Jlxa Cloyd f borne from
Camp Harm. Calif, on furlough
and is Visiting- his father. J. K.
Cloyd, for m week.- . : - '
. Pfe. Man ael Q. Hadley Is spend
ing ! a 'ten-day furlough, with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Had
ley,' in Salenv following comple
tion ) of gunnery school at Las
Vegas, Nev. He will report follow
ing the furlough at Salt Lake City.
Utah.
Eahrt fL Van AasdelL MB el
Mr and Mrs. P. D. Van Ausdell,
338 Oak street, has been promoted
from first lieutenant to captain In
the army air forces. As pilot of
a -MItcheH . a tra i e r-oom Der wim
the Koush Raiders" tanit to New
Guinea, he has participated In
more than 43 missions against, the
eneny. attacking such -strong
poiuL as Ita'wiul and V"ewak suii
They " Irk ; Doing
providing ground support for re
cent allied landings ! in the south
Pacific -r.. v m : ' i . ;
Pvi Xobert H. Siefarth has
assigned! to the army air forces
training! command radio school at
Sioux Falls, SO, for training as a
radio . operator-mechanic ; . ;
James Edward Paris, i fireman
first class in the navy, visited re
cently ifitb bis parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A.j. Paris of Portland, for
merly of Salem, following return
from -the Mediterranean war thea
tre where he ' saw action in: the
Sicilian)! and Salerno campaigns.
In charge of a machine i gun on
a landing barge during the Sici
lian Invasion, he. was at his post
for three days without relief. He
has reported to a Norfolk, Va
base for reassignment. ,
3 l
MESA Labor
Ends Strike ;
Temporarily
CLEVELAND, Feb. 7-P)-The
national administrative commit
tee of fjhe Mechanics Educational
Society) of America temporarily
ended four-day s t r 1 k .today,
sending!- 23,000 members' back to
war Job in some, two-score Ohio
and: Michigan plants. l -t
:.- The Committee, a 110-member
executive board, adopted a reso
lution hy.af y b t e of 102-to-8 in
which ij said the union "reserves
the right to defend its interest byi
the ' fuB use of ! its .. economic
strength."! frr j
The group named a delegation
of , 10 members, including Presi
dent George White and Secretary
Matthe Smith, to "wait ; onn the
nationa labor relations board: and
the;wa labor board at Washing
ton tomorrow. Smith and , White
were served today with war labor
board subpoenas directing them to
appear. v J",;-; -l:
"Lonil and protracted discus
sion said the resolution,; "re
sulted in a decision : to tempor
arily cll off the work stoppage
pendingj a report from Washing
ton as ilto whether there is j any
disposition on the part of govern
ment agencies having to do with
labor; matters to give adequate
representation to unions not; af
filiated It the AFL and CIO.f
WASHINGTON, J Feb. :
Rep. Randolph (D-WVa) told the
house today the strike of 23,000
tool "and jfle" workers belonging to
the 'Mefhanics Educational Soci
ety of .merica 'may prove to be
the most disastrous; since Ameri
ca "wen to-war." tt ' :i .".:.
Without the parts made by the
worker' '' involved, : he declared,
"no airplane, landing b a r g e or
tank I engine can be completed"
and "the manufacture of a r m
jeeps; has already ceased."
ctrs
eto
SEATTLE, Feb. c 7-6Pr-With
'i ' if.!.-.
four I niills reported closed on
Grays Harbor as the result of the
Rayonier Pulp and- Paper plant
labor dispute, the Post-Intelligencer
reported tonight that all indi
cations i pointed to an : imminent
end to jthe Rayonier strike at Ho
quiam. "W:! -4.
In "a 'Story by a special corres
pondent the paper said that Grays
Harbor IWA 1 (International
Woodworkers of America) men,
who Wjire not identified j further,
reported the end of the strike1 ap
peared Jso imminent that leaders
of the CIO union "who have peen
in almost continuous session In
Portland for four days, cancelled
reservations to Washington, j DC,
wheirea show cause hearing -is
scheduled for Thursday. ; Th e
hearing! was caUed F war la
bor board because of the union's
failure to abide by the WLB's
backftoVwork order of last month!
; ."The;1basis for settlement is ex
pected to be agreement by Rayon
ier, IhcA to re-hire inen discharg
ed uhdlr an AFL union mainten
ance of membership clause," ! the
paper said. ' .. ..- ! '..-
E. Al Hudson
Found Dead
i- ALBANY, Ore Feb. 7.-P-E.-
A Htidson.' Albany high school
principal for the last 23 years, was
found dead in the basement of his
home today by police investigat
ing his! failure to appear at his
office. ,. . . - - t .
Coroner E. C. Fisher said death
ippal-cntly was caused by a heart
ailment; . . - .' :
Hudson, who waa 58. eraduated
from Oregon State- college in
lS03.;IJfi came here 32 years ago
and scn ed first as athletic coach
and band instructor at the high
school. .Mr. Hudson died last! No
vember. A sister and three broth
ers survive. ; , ,
Child Guests Visiting ;
During Family illness
; ijkqOLN Three children, a
sister ajwl two brothers, .Carmen,
John a,nd Casey Roderiguez; are
maiLr;; their home with Mr,' and
Mrs. L- I. Mickey at Lincoln
s.hn tUeir xvio&cx' U CL ' I "-'
Green Makes
No-Strike Plea
To Unions ;
KANSAS CTTV Feb. 7 -P-William
Green, president of the
American Federation , of Labor;
made a fervent no-strike appeal
to unions today, catling on-Ameri-
iui i irutucii w a,w u n v
to the war effort."! ?y ?'?' -T:,j'-:$i
Asserting there cW no Jus
tification or excuse for' any strike
or, - stoppage ..ofwbrkT' with the
lives of our fighting rjnen and viCt
foryi in the balance, ha told the in
ternationaT boBermakers conven
tlonr-. v '-. I y. s ir'.--Vg
"No matter how unjust condi
tions may become, : no matter how
sharp the aggravation may be, the
members of the American Feder
ation of Labor should realize that
they must stay on the job and keep
producing to the j limit of their
ability, until final victory is won.
Green declared j It . was labor's
great responsibility to back up the
vas military movements of - the
United Nations with the greatest
possible supply of ' ships, planes.
tanks and guns - "A vast flow
of war materials which in quan
tity; and quality is certain to over
whelm the enemy." He expressed
confidence in labor's ability to
handle the task.
He cited figures to show the
tremendous job the boilermakers
union and other American workers
are j accomplishing. L Members . of
the union in convention here have
assisted in the building of 27,000,
000dead weight tons of merchant
stuzs since Pearl Harbor,- equal ' to
the entire world's tonnage, before
the i war? thev have tirodueed S.-
700,000 displacement tons of fight
ing ships,' more than doubling the
size; of our navy within two years.
Production in the airplane fac
tories will reach the rate of 100,
000 j planes a-year in 1944, Green
declared, predicting that ."America
will' be able to bomb our enemies
with such devastating effect that
their unconditional surrender,
seems inevitable." X " J ; ;
MMure&tm
Portland i
PORTLAND, Feb. 7-ip)-Ore-
gon jcounted on rallies and visiting
notables today to push the fourth
war' loan drive over the $99,000,
000 goal before next week's dead
line, , : J !
Victor Mature, former Holly
wood glamour boy now a boats
wain's mate in, the coastguard,
autographed, his way through
shouting -crowds of females at
bond - boosting : appearances in
shipyards, theatres, and at Van port
City today. ; . w ;" --. ,: : ;:: . h !
Mature, rushed to Portland by
car jsfter his plane; was forced by
ground fog to land at Salem,: will
also; appear at bond rallies in The
Dalles, Pendleton, La Grande, Ba
ker,! Burns, Bend, Albany, Eu
gene, Marshfield, and Medf ord. ;
Vice President Henry Wallace,
who will arrive here in the morn-
g j to address the democrats
Jackson day dinner, will speak at
a Victory center "Avenge Bataan"
rally at noon tomorrow. The
theme will be, carried out by si
field hospital, set up on one of
the city's main downtown streets
by I the 71st evacuation hospital
unit 1 "
No bond figures were released
by state war bond headquarters
today. - v
Willkie Would
Avoid Negation
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 7-Of)
Wendell; L. .Willkie, republican
Standard bearer in 1940, . tonight
called upon the party to avoid "a
process of negation' in conducting
its 1944 campaign, f. - - I
Earlier Willkie made it plain he
would accept another, opportunity
to seek the presidency but had
no intention . "to enter any popu
larity contests . L :
"If tfie republican party in 1944
has jthe courage to stand for con
victions and principles,? - he, said
at a Utah iublicandinner, "it
may not. win, but inr the great
process of keeping - this : a free
America, it will make' a great con
tribution. i ,-: . Z- t
If defeated in a process of ne
gation,' it will perform no func
tion. If it is victorious by nega
tion, it will fall ; to pieces after
coming to power.; -
He said republicans should be
"worthy of the traditoins of Abra
ham Lincoln, who met the issues,
did not evade them and lifted pol
itical to. a great moral purpose." i
Boxcar Scarcity
Sliipments
I
: 5
M
PORTLAND. Fib. t-WA
boxcar scarcity is slowing down
movement of wheat to Pacific and
Atlantic coast points, , the war
foot? administration (WFA) said
today. i.v-'--r A:: ' :l-"-';Vi-.
Pacific coast terminals, already
supplied by -earlier shipments, did
not show much demand last week,
the iWFA said. About 6S0 cars un
loaded at Puget Sound and: Co
lumbia River terminals, including
140 1 cars -at Portland.
Cash prices here showed ljttle
change. Growers I reported sub
stantial sales to the midwest on
soft, wheats from this .area, al
thoush offerinss of crops ran low
er than the previous week.
The WFA said Pacific north
west crop conditions were good.
Incom tn::imania
Even tax experts can't agree! Reporter Claade Kimball ef a Los An
geles dally, newspaper set eat to solve his income tax problems and
in. snccesslon seoght the expert advice of five anther! ties, all ef
them internal revenue deputies. He obtained five different results.
He' tbraiter wrote-, the story which made many people feel nrach
lea stapU than they had supposed themselves ta be. Klwban. net
folly recevered. Is studying, digesting (whichever is the larger, and
dent fill ia a, b, e la Form 1941 If It Isn't, unless your income was
Jess than the year before, ut which case give twe reasons why
not.), (laternaUaasJ) j. M j
War Correspond
26th Oree on Press IGonf erenfce
. UNIVERSITY " OF . OREGON,
Eugene, Feb. 7 Two war corres
pondents just returned from bat-
tie areas are expected among the
headliners on the program 'for the
28th annual Oregon press confer
ence at the University of Oregon's
school : of, journalism In .Eugene,
February 18-19. .
Ray Cronin, former' chief of As
sociated Press's Manila bureau,
who was r lodged in a Japanese
prison camp for two years and
who returned to the states on the
exchange ship Gripsholm, will re
late some of his experiences.
George Jones, who has covered
tlie landings at Rend ova. Treasury
Island, Bougainville, Arawe and
Cape Gloucester y tor the United
Press, will give the newspaper
men some sidelights on front-line
reporting.
Frank Jenkins, Klamath .Falls
publisher -and president of the
press conference this year,' will
preside at the sessions. Dean Eric
W. Allen of the school of journal
ism will : be ! toastmaster for the
banquet; Charles A. Sprague, Sa
lem publisher and former gover
nor, will preside at the Friday
luncheon,- and Giles . French, of
the Sherman L County Journal at
More, -will be toastmaster for the
Saturday luncheon. ; 1
! John Stark Evans' Eugene Glee-
men, famous "men s chorus, will
entertain the visiting newspaper
men at the Friday night banquet,
after which the group will attend
Oub Posters
Are Planned
MIDDLE GROVE -- The Health
club, under the direction of Miss
Dunagan, is starting work on their
health posters which will be ex
hibited first at an achievement
day program at the school and
later at ' the . county achievement
show to be held in Salem, April
19 to 21.
I Mrs. Paul Bassett, leader of 4H
club 1 and 2 which meets at her
home every : other Thursday re
ports group 1, Jayce Kuenzi, Mag
dalene StahL Betty Setter, Joan
Fabry"' and Shirley Page, have
finished their pin cushions ' and
needle cases and are starting chair
cushions and bags.:--' :. , . '.
Group 2. Reatha Flowers, Leona
Curtis and Iris Proudfit have fin
ished ; tea towels and holders and
are cutting out five piece dresses
Which will be finished to show
ait the achievement program. Spe
cial activities for this group will
include a Valentine party at the
home of their leader February 10.
rf . - -
Washington Tea
Planned for Mill City
vf MILL CITY The Homebund
efs class met In the church base
ment . Friday. Plans for a silver
tea February 22 were made. Mrs,
John Nelson Is president of the
class and was hostess for the aft
ernoon. '". - V -
. Members f present . were . Mrs.
Morris " Howe. - Mrs. Clarence
Ilowe, Mrs. Ed Cooke, Mrs. Vesta
Golden, Mr. Klatlie Murdock find
Mrs. John Nelson. aX . --.
If here Mother Is III M
i 2XNA Mrs. C. F. Merrick was
in McMinnville visiting Wednes
day, at the home of her mother,
Jdrs. Holdredge, who is recovering
from an attack of flu.
'James A. French ha been HI
with a protracted case of flu, but
U coavaIesc:r4 satisfactory.
ViIi) in Portland
: LIIDDLi: GHOVE Mrs. T.rjry
Hern dan is visiiin In Tortland st
the heme of . her dauster. Mrs.
William OTSonneTl. .
the O r e g o n-OOSC basketball
game.j , , f "-: .- - ;
i Palmer: Hoyt,' publisher of the
Oregonian and recent director of
the domestic branch of the office
of .war- (information, wiU tell his
fellow newspapermen about
Washington in Wartime." i Mal-colm-Epley
of th Klamath Falls
Herald and News Twill give some
first hand information on. the Tu
lelake 1 interment camp troubles. -:
Vernon Churchill of the Ore
gon Journal, an authority in the
advertising field,' will speak on
"Whafsr Ahead in Advertising."
Tom Purcell, publisher of the
Gresham Outlook, will talk on
"Group Selling, of Advertising for
Weeklies." ;
i The part newspapers are taking
in community postwar planning
will ber discussed by William M.
Tugman of' the Eugene Register
Guard,- ' . i, ,m
TJohn Houston, mayor of Klam
ath Fails and , president of the
League of Oregon Cities, win give
some suggestions for the newspa
permen from a city official's view
point. Robert Eveneden, director
of the accident prevention division
of the state industrial accident
commission will speak on "News
papers . Can Help j Prevent : Acci-
dents."
Walter W. R. May, publisher of
the Oregon City Enterprise, will
give his; impressions of the news
paper industry, both from without
and ' from within the newspaper
office.; Maj. C. R. Payne, USMC
public relations officer, will dis
cuss the "Newspapers and the Ma
rine Corps." -: r i 7
' . ! John W. Dunlap of the Portland
office,! United Press, will give the
editors some sidelights on "War
time Writing and Reporting."
The'i Editor's Legal Right to
Quote j Copyrighted Material" Is
the- subject to be 'discussed by
Warren C Price of the school of
journalism faculty.'. '
mm isxHaorrM
:v.
ii
Our cirmdL foroa cem't quit zxow ...
won't quit Neither can wo who haw.
cnlj l) tmil u3 jel) cf fmLJ!i
Ina tha.xnoaoy . . Wo'va got to go
on - . . tho War Bonds wo invest in
D. W. Eyre ;
ASST. VI
Hoy Nelson . -
J. Fuhrer
Fruit: Sliipp
era;
Are Charged
Qyer Prices ;
, .; - '
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 -VP)
Eighteen Washington and Oregon
fruit shippers were charged m a
federal court suit filed by the of
fice of price administration today
with evading federal price regu
lations. ; 1 - . ! , .
The suit contended the shippers
changed "their business ' . practices
and exceeded established OPA
prices 'by -14 cents on each box
of fruit: by "refusing to ship In
carload -lots." v
OPA officials' said - the shippers
were entitled to higher prices . on
less than carload lots. The suit
also charged ; the " shippers with
evading price rulings by short-
weighting dealers. :-:
Those: named In the complaint
are: :!, Marley , Fruit T company,
Stubbs Fruit i and Storage com
pany, Perham -.Fruit company,
Yakima i Fruit! Growers associa
tion, Richey and Gilbert company,
American Fruit Growers,: Inc an
of Yakima, Wash.; j Winn, White
& Prince company, Seattle; Smith
& Nelson company Inc., Tonas-
ket. Wash.; Wenatchee Beebe Or
chard company, Wenatchee Cold
Storage company, Paul S. Scea and
Leslie D. Davis, doing business as
H. S. Dennison company, Stand
ard Fruits, Inc., Fruit Growers
Service, Ine!- American: Fruit
Growers, Inci, : doing business as
Northwestern Fruit Exchange, an
of Wenatchee, " Wash.; Apple
Growers ' association; Ted' Pooley,
all of .Hood River, Ore.; Pinnacle
Packing: company 1 of Medford,
Ore., and the Blue Mountain
Growers Cooperative, ' Milton
Freewater, Ore. ' ! ' .
Hay ;Is Baled;
For Salem Firm
' ZENA Mrs. Walter G. Kime
was in i Bend ..and vicinity last
week at the home of a paternal
uncle, . Fred C. Shepard, and her
aunt, : Riith Shepard Hosch. Mrs.
Kime went to meet her husband,
Walter G. Kime, who has baled
500 tons of hay, mostly alfalfa,
at Vale,! near the Idaho line, for
General feed and grain store at
Salem this winter. ':
. Mrs.' Kime's father, Ralph C.
Shepard, owner of the baler, was
helping 'for a short time. Thirty
carloads1 of baled hay were ship
ped to various parts of Oregon. -
- The crew baled from stacked
hay. In 1 speaking of the weather,
he said that although it was much
colder than here he found ' it In
vigoraung, even though some
snow fell. ' " "
Superior General
To Visit Academy
Mother Mary Margaret of Cor
toaa, superior general of the Sis
ters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary, . will arrive In Salem
Wednesday -for a visit at Sacred
Heart Academy. ' i J i-
The superior general is from
the motherhouse in Montreal and
has been on the Pacific coast for
some time making i official visits
to the various houses of the order
of which there are 25 in Oregon.
Mother i Mary Eleanore, who ac
companies her. Is assistant super
ior generaL . ' I !.'
Joins Fire Department
SILVERTON James Clough,
local ''manager of tha Portland
General I Electric company, v has
joined the Silverton Volunteer
firemen.! Allan Foster, - employed
at the Eastman plant, joined the
group last week. 1
u4JCr ty
BACK. THE: ATOK
Imijt muaittona ... spoocf victory ...
are Hree of our boys "over thoro. It
Loan Bonds . . . DO IT IlO'CTl If you
havo ... DO IT AGAIN! '
UV;j cf--' r-TP-V yc-r W'zr tzzli
- VICE-PRESIDliTS
W. S. Waltoh
pr.csiDr:fT3
asst. CASinrna s asst
Leo G.
Page: TInkham CUbert
C3
v WW.'-
Mimyr'llava
WASHINGTOr, ; Feb.
Many citizens who have 1;
their 1914 income tax report! may
have had, ideas . Something like
this, but Frank IL Warren, of
San Diego, Calif, did something
about It. , -
He addressed the following post
card to Sen. Downey (D-Calif):
"My Dear Senator: V ' '
"I hope yon roast a thousand
years in hell for each minute X
put on this federal income tax re
port," -
Downey read, the communica
tion Into the Congressional Record
with: the observation that he was
surprised" to receive It because
he knew that "beautiful San, Di
ego was the most halycon, salu
brious and soothing climate in the
United States."
"Mr. President," Downey con
tinued, "I can not. obey the in
junction of Mr.' Warren, but I, can
express sympathy for him. , Mil
lions of Americans will sympa
thize with Mr. Warren, and I hope
that congress , win soon move en
ergetically to simplify income tax
procedure; -j:.' :
Judge Duncan
ies
Circuit Judge George R. Dun
can Monday indicated he would
disqualify himself relative to a
motion entered in , the court by
Margaret Lachmund and D. C.
Roberts, executors of the $ 1,000,
0000 estate of the late Louis Lach
mund, asking for removal of
Ralph H. Moody as estate attor
ney. j V, 'l'.r::. . -; -; -
Duncan said he would ask the
supreme court to name an outside
judge for the proceeding. He set
March 1 for continuation of the
hearing, conditioned upon wishes
of the judge who will be sitting-
Moody, fighting the motion, as
serted in hisv answer- that Lach
mund's will stipulated he be ap
pointed attorney, because the de
ceased, had confidence in his jnte-
grity'and ability. ; ,
Moody objected to filing of cer
tain orders with the court by Roll
in K. Page, his proposed successor,
which concerned negotiations for
purchase of j estate property by
Charles Vick for $30,000, contend
ing that he was attorney of record.
Bruce Spaulding . was retained
as Moody's counsel.
Swegle School ;
Presents Program
SWEGLE The assembly pro
gram for the school was given by
th fifth grade pupils last Friday.
Mrs. Nan Denhem, teacher,, was
in charge. Numbers on the pro
gram included three pantomimes
that were part of the fifth grade
language wdrk and were the three
selected by the upper grade pupils
as the best j Those taking part
were Deloris j Werner, r Roy Ken
nedy and Glen Straw. Mothers
present were Mrs. George Kufner
and Mrs. William Biles.
The best week, for the sales of
bonds at the school was from Jan
uary 24 to the 28, when $211.29
worth were sold. Last week the
sales dropped to $65.03, with the.
total for the drive $308.75 and the
amount for the jeep Is $988.95.'
Garden Oub Meets.'
Salem Garden club met last
night, at the YMCA, feature
being a talk by John Henny, jr,
on camelias. 1 The speaker high
lighted his talk with a display of
blooms. Mrs. WQUam H. Burg
hardt was named treasurer ot tha
organization.
If
LIANAGl
E. II. Thompson
.l.JL
tt e
uisauaiiT
A
!